You can’t fix something if you’re unwilling to be honest about it. That’s why we need to recognize our culture’s culpability in perpetuating the cycle of fatherless children.
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Areoursocietalissuesjust a culminationofrandom adverseincidents,or aretheythepredictableresultsofdisgruntled adultswhowereformerlymistreated, abandonedchildren?
Thechildrenwe’veleftbehindwillbeseenonewayor another:societywill alwayssufferforthoseitneglects.
Iwasoneofthosechildrenwhosuffered.Iwas abandonedbymyfatherwho,evenuptohisdeath,neverbotheredtoestablish a relationship with me.
Unfortunately,I’mfarfromtheonlychildwhohasexperiencedthepain andtraumaof fatherlessness.Theproblemofchild abandonmentpersists across Americanculture andis attherootof alloursocialillstoday.Thesame attitudeofparentalneglectthatmyfathershowedtowardhischildrenismorecommonthanwewould liketo admit.
THISEPIDEMICISAMERICA’SMODERNCIVILRIGHTSCHALLENGE
Simultaneously,there areobvioussocialissues,likehomelessness andd
